The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-02-04

shyiy by the YOUNG lady.
Glenn. youi Il OBI, re mo IL you'll step
into the ncxl room ior a lew minutes" /
said; III o ie discng gri."
Certainly. certainly no said. NOV
ing slowly across the Office. bowling to
the two ladies us he went. but not shut
ting the door after him on his oisap-
p~earance, SO that no could hear all that
might DO said. This was not much that
could entertain or instruct him. con-
sisting only Of tho old woman's usual
recounting OF the maladies which she
could not have had II she had been poor
and obliged to walk instead OF ride, and
the occasional Musical tones Of Lillian.
answering my questions or encouraging
her aunt. Over a quarter of an hour
was passed in this way. which would
have been longer had not Lillian, know
ing hat l had Glenn in the other room
waiting for me, hurried Miss Megrims
/ away.
I WHO is that, Docp" said Glenn, Gag
erly, as he rushed back into the room as
soon rs the Office door had closed on the
ladies.
That is the tici, Miss Megrims."
L ouhu. cho XIV tnotc ihoucy suoit
sho's got time to spend it in, and so
plays sick"
.'Oh, pshaw! he said pelulantly. II
don't mean the old Sne.l
"Ah! that's her niece and supposablc
heiress. Miss Lillian Brown! l replied,
carelessly. She's rather pretty"
Rather pretty" he almost shouted.
..By the great ichthyosaurus, sir, she's
lovely-simply lovely. I never saw any
thing moro beautiful in my entire exist
enco."
''Gone!' l thought to myself. 'His
brain has given away" and / took poor
Clcm by tho hand and felt his pulse.
.Oh, Pm all right. Doc" he said,
laughing, and thcn resuming his seat
upon the lounge ami becoming quite
calm. "But really she is very hand
some, and l don't know that I've ever
seen any ono that has made such an
impression on me. Can't you introduce
me. d~octor?"
'Oh. you're too much mixed up with
megatheriums and prehistoric power to
even talk scnsibly to II lady. and Miss
Brown is q very sensible and practical
girl"
"Oh! bother the megatheriums and
prehistorics. Pm not thinking OF them
just now. want an introduction to
Miss Brown" said Glenn, earnestly.
''i'll give it to you tomorrow" an
swered, IF you'll promise me to do just
what ] tell You until them"
Certainly, l WILL" he exclaimed
eagerly.
Very well. | am to call on Miss
| Mcgrims tomorrow at 8 p. m. Prom
ise me that you won't open q book,
touch pen, or think of megatheriums or
prehistorics until then, and that you
will 60 TO the theatre with me tonight.
and 1 will take you with me to-mor-
row."
.'Doncy' he said, enthusiastically.
'.Then we'll 60 and take a walk in the
park" and l shook hands with Glenn on
the bargain. and we marched away for
a smoke and q talk all about Lillian
Brown.
That night | took Glenn to sec an x
cecdingly funny burlcsquc, and was
gratified ut his appreciation Of it in
hearty bursts of laughter, and the fol-
lowing day he made his appearance ut
the Office faultlcssly dressed, something
l had not known him to be since he chi
braced science, and looking so much
handsomer and better than tho day be-
fore that it hardly seemed possible he
was the same man. OF course. l car
ried out my promise. and OF course
Miss Mcgrims looked surprised at my
bringing Glenn. but did not care for
THAT, for at tho same time ! saw that
Miss Lillian was graiilied.
For the first time within my memory
Miss Mcgrims seemed to forget her all
ments, and devoted herself 10 Glen,
who had corralcd Lillian on the oppo-
site side of the room and appeared to be
making the best use possible of his time,
which, l had warned him, could not be
moro than fifteen minutes. She eyed him
with q look that amounted almost
to y glare, and poured in broadside after
b~roadsidc of questions about him that
would have taken the skill of q di.
plomat to answer, though, of course, ]
did it rs favorably as l could for Glenn,
but l came out of the encounter strongly
impressed with the idea that Miss Meg.
rims did not want her niece to marry al
all, OF have gentlemen friends, and that
Sic COISlucTtV ucT JOO yOuuy-Suc WIS
t~wenty-to think of such a thing at all.
When Glen got out into the street he
was in rapturcs. Lillian was an angel;
her beauty was almost beyond the earth,
and her voice music itself. He was in
love. and Lillian had asked him to cal
again-which, by tho way, l had no.
ticed. was more than Miss Megrims did.
Well. time sped on. and | saw plainly
that Glenn had dropped everything bu!
Lillian. | saw him every day, and
heard all about IL. He had called
again. and had been rcbuffcd by Mis-:
Megrims. He had called several time:
more, but Miss Mcgrims never left the
room Glenn did not intend 10 be re
bufled, but Miss Mcgrims finally de
nicd him the house or an opportunity o
seeing Lillian. Then l stepped In ant
carried a formal proposal to Miss Meg
rims. which / backed up with my bcs'
efforts. but received n formal refusal,
Miss Mcgrims did not intend that hel
niece should marry for some years tt
come.
NV reply To this sellishness was m,